cpct important question with answer 2020

1)  An Application software is meant to carry out operations for 
A) Many Applications
B) One Specified application
C) The Whole System
D) Hardware
Ans:- B) One Specified application 

2) Ctrl+Alt+Del is used to 
A) Reboot the computer
B) Bring up Windows Start Up Menu
C) Create a Screen shot
D) Rename selected Icon
Ans:- A) Reboot the computer 

3) USB Stands for: 
Ans: Universal Serial Bus 

4) Which of the following is not an input device? 
A) Printers
B) Mouse
C) Keyboard
D) Microphone
Ans: A) Printers 

5) Which device facilitates the communication between the main components of a computer? 
A) Buses
B) Consecutives
C) Connectors
D) Transistors
Ans: A) Buses 

6) The second generation computers were based on: 

A) Silicon chips
B) Bio optics
C) Transistors
D) Vacuum tubes
Ans: C) Transistors 

7) Which of the following is not used with regards to Integrated circuits? 
A) SSI
B) PSI
C) MSI
D) VLSI
Ans: B) PSI 

8) What is motherboard? 
A) It is large storage device.
B) It a place where the CPU, memory and other devices are connected with the computer
C) It is the name of the first super computer
D) It is a type of black board
Ans: B) It a place where the CPU, memory and other devices are connected with the computer 

9) FORTRAN Stands for: 
Ans: Formula Translation 

10) Which of the following subgroups contain “Paint”? 
A) Accessories
B) MS-Office
C) Entertainment
D) Games
Ans: A) Accessories 

11) A piece of stiff paper containing digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions is called: 
A) Memory Card B) Puch Card
C) Identity Card D) Smart Card
Ans:- B) Puch Card

12) The condition-based operations that are evaluated by ALU as either True or False are called:
A) Arithmetic operations 
B) Logic operations
C) Unary operations
D) Binary operations
Ans: B) Logic operations

13) The mechanical, electrical and electronic parts of the computer system are called:

A) Hardware
B) Software
C) Operating System
D) Firmware
Ans: A) Hardware 
14) The programs that instructs computer hardware to process data and generate required information are called:
A) Hardware
B) Control Unit
C) ALU
D) Software
Ans: D) Software 
15) Which of the following coordinates the operations of the hardware for execution of data and instructions?
A) ALU
B) Input Device
C) Control Unit
D) Output device
Ans: C) Control Unit 
16) Which of the following is the main circuit board connecting different components of a computer together?
A) CPU
B) Switch board
C) Motherboard
D) NIC
Ans: C) Motherboard 
17)  The task of performing arithmetic and logical operations over data is called:
A) Storing
B) Encoding
C) Decoding
D) Processing
Ans: D) Processing 
18) Which of the following is not a portable computing device?
A) Laptop
B) Notebook
C) Desktop
D) Palmtop
Ans: C) Desktop 
19) The microprocessor along with other components is fixed to a base called:
A) Switch board
B) Motherboard
C) Platform
D) Interface card
Ans: B) Motherboard

20) Which of the following carries out all the processing jobs of a computer? 
A) CPU
B) RAM
C) Input device
D) Output device
Ans: A) CPU

21) Which of the following uses flip-flops and does not require periodic refreshing?
A) DVD 
B) SRAM
C) DRAM
D) ROM
Ans: B) SRAM

22) The number of parallel wires in a computer system bus is known as:
A) Bus Width
B) Bus length
C) Bus thickness
D) Bus Category
Ans: A) Bus Width

23) Which of the following is a system tool in DOS and Windows that verified the file system integrity of a volume and fixed logical file system errors?
A) CheckDisk
B) CHKDisc
C) CHKDSK
D) DSKCHK
Ans:- C) CHKDSK 
24) The Speed of CPU is Measured in:
A) Gigahertz (GHz)
B) Mbps
C) Gigabyte(GB)
D) Megabyte(MB)
Ans:- A) Gigahertz (GHz) 
25) The “Stored program concept” was introduced by……………
A) Bill Gates
B) John Von Neumann
C) Alan Turing
D) Donald Knuth
Ans:- B) John Von Neumann 
26) Which of the following devices cannot be shared on a network?
A) Hard Disk
B) Mouse
C) Printer
D) CD Drive
Ans:- B) Mouse

27) The device that can understand the difference between data & programs is: 
A) Microprocessor
B) Input Device
C) Output Device
D) Memory
Ans:- Microprocessor 
28) Which of the following properties reflects that a computer is free from tiredness and boredom?
A) Efficiency
B) Accuracy
C) Reliability
D) Diligence
Ans:- D) Diligence

29) Desktops and laptops are also known as: 

A) Mainframe computers
B) Personal computers
C) Super Computers
D) Advanced calculators
Ans:- B) Personal computers 
30) Which of the following is a communication device?
A) Printer
B) Monitor
C) Keyboard
D) Modem
Ans: D) Modem 
31) Which command in MS Word 2016 helps in identifying that changes are made in a text document?
A) Accept Changes
B) Track changes
C) Mark as Final
D) Review
Ans:- B) Track changes 
32) Which of these languages is understood and executed by the computer?
A) Machine Language
B) C Language
C) Compiler language
D) Assembly language
Ans:- A) Machine Language 
33) A DVD is an example of a(n):
A) Output device
B) Hard disc
C) Optical disc
D) Solid state storage device
Ans:- C) Optical disc 
34) In Microsoft excel, calculation in a spreadsheet is performed by:
A) Formula
B) Reference
C) Argument
D) Special Characters
Ans:- A) Formula 
35) Which of the below is the convenient place to store contact information for quick retrieval?
A) Message box
B) Address book
C) Address box
D) Index book
Ans:- B) Address book 
36) The term 'line print Terminal' is related to:
A) Serial port
B) Centronics port
C) parallel port
D) USB port
Ans:- C) parallel port 
37) The powerpoint view that shows you the text of your slide in a larger outline format than the normal view is..............

A) slide show view
B) slide sorter view
C) notes page view
D) outline view

38) Which of the following is used to represent data in grid of rows and columns? 
A) Header
B) Footer
C) Paragraph
D) Tables
Ans:- D) Tables 
39) In Internet Explorer 11, …………….. mode is enabled by default.
Ans: Enhanced protected. 
40) Which version of internet explorer does windows 8.1 have?
A) Internet Explorer 11
B) Internet Explorer 10
C) Internet Explorer 7
D) Internet Explorer 6
Ans: A) Internet Explorer 11 
41) In DES, Which properties make the cipher very strong?
Ans: Avalanche effect and completeness